sceletus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈske.le.tus/, [ˈs̠kɛɫ̪ɛt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈʃe.le.tus/, [ˈʃɛːlet̪us]
Noun
[edit]sceletus m (genitive sceletī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | sceletus | sceletī |
Genitive | sceletī | sceletōrum |
Dative | sceletō | sceletīs |
Accusative | sceletum | sceletōs |
Ablative | sceletō | sceletīs |
Vocative | scelete | sceletī |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: (obsolete) scelet, skelet (learned)
- → German: Skelett (learned)
- → Italian: scheletro (learned)
- → Middle French: scelette (learned)
- → Portuguese: esqueleto (learned)
- → Spanish: esqueleto (learned)
References
[edit]- “sceletus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sceletus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.